The Briefing Room
General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on October 31, 2018, 05:52:41 pm
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CDC director says polio-like illness acute flaccid myelitis "doesn’t appear to be transmissible"
Oct 29, 2018 2:48 PM EDT CBS This Morning
CBS News
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells "CBS This Morning" that while the agency still doesn't know what's causing the polio-like illness acute flaccid myelitis, it "doesn't appear to be transmissible from human to human." The U.S. has seen a recent spike in cases of the rare neurological condition that largely affects children.
"CDC's been working very hard on this, since 2014, to try to understand causation and etiology. As we sit here today, we don't have understanding of the cause. We are, you know, continuing to strengthen our efforts, working in partnership with state and territorial health departments, and academic experts to try to figure this out," Dr. Robert Redfield told "CBS This Morning" co-host John Dickerson in his first TV interview as CDC director. The extended interview will air Tuesday, Oct. 30.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cdc-director-robert-redfield-polio-like-illness-acute-flaccid-myelitis-doesnt-appear-to-be-transmissible/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cdc-director-robert-redfield-polio-like-illness-acute-flaccid-myelitis-doesnt-appear-to-be-transmissible/)
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Well, then, how do you contract it? Order it on-line through Amazon? *****rollingeyes*****
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There would need to something like a flea or mosquito as the vector. Malaria, Chick-V, dengue, Zika, etc cannot be spread from person to person, they require a mosquito to bite an infected person and then bite a well person to spread the disease.
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Vectors aside, I'm going to double check my Amazon orders.